English Lyrics O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; Be Thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend; I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side, Nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my Guide.
O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; My foes are ever near me, around me and within; But Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.
O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still, Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self will. O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul.
O Jesus, Thou hast promised to all who follow Thee That where Thou art in glory there shall Thy servant be. And Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, my Master and my Friend.
“O Worship the King” draws upon the splendor of 19th-century monarchy as a metaphor for the magnificence of the Almighty. Attributes of an earthly monarch are magnified to communicate the characteristics of the King of kings—one who by nature cannot be described.The hymn is based primarily on the rich imagery of Psalm 104:1-7: “Bless the…
““Be Still for the Presence of the Lord” is a contemporary hymn written by British songwriter David J. Evans in 1986. Evans was involved in the charismatic movement but felt that some of its worship risked treating God in a trivial fashion. Specifically, he was inspired by the phrase in the Old Testament – “then…
English Lyrics VERSE 1Christ triumphant, ever reigning,Saviour, Master, King!Lord of heav’n, our lives sustaining,hear us as we sing:REFRAINYours the glory and the crown,the high renown, the eternal name.VERSE 2Word incarnate, truth revealing,Son of Man on earth!power and majesty concealingby your humble birth:REFRAINYours the glory and the crown,the high renown, the eternal name.VERSE 3Suffering servant, scorned,…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
English Lyrics Refrain:All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and smallAll things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them allEach little flower that opens, each little bird that singsHe made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wingsThe purple-headed mountain, the river running byThe sunset and the morning, that brightens up the skyThe…
Hymn tune: FINALNDIA, from Jean Sibelius’ (1865 – 1957) symphonic poem Finlandia.Text: Original German text (“Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen”) written by Katharina von Schlegel (1697 – 1768) in 1752. Translated into English in 1855 by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813 – 1897). English Lyrics [Verse 1]Be still, my soul: the Lord is on…
